Paris Institut Impériale de France 1809 or 1810. 4to 25.0 x 20.0 cm. 33 pp. Not bound. In a 20th century blue hardcover paper drop-box 26.8 x 22.0 cm with printed label on the top board. = A unique proof printing with several corrections by Brongniart. See DSB: "In 1804 wanting to place the Montmartre bed of fossil formations in time Cuvier with Brongniart began research that led to Géographie minéralogique des environs de Paris 1808 1811 which was rewritten and greatly expanded as Description géologique des environs de Paris 1822 1835. In this work a landmark in the history of geology Cuvier played a lesser role. Brongniart did the necessary fieldwork drawing his inspiration from the works of Buffon Soulavie Ramond Palassu especially Lamarck; the latter had described the fossil invertebrates of the Paris region and in his Hydrogéologie 1802 had set forth the bases of the theory of "current causes" later developed by Constant Prévost. Cuvier respecting the short chronology of the Bible was forced to assume in addition to "current causes" which act very slowly rapid catastrophes and global upheavals which had no basis in fact". This proof was based upon the 1808 text published in the Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle volume XI pp. 293-326. We have added a few pages in photocopy of the final text for comparison. A few small spots on the first and last leaves otherwise a very good clean copy. DSB 3 p. 526; Ward and Carozzi 564. hardcover
Soft cover. Very Good. Roy 8vo Paris 1868. pps.60 with 36 fine hand coloured plates. A very good copy in original printed wrapps. <br/> <br/> paperback
Hardcover. Good. 4to 4th. enlarged edition Paris 1836. pps.94 with 145 of 161 engraved plates. Plates in good clean condition those missing supplied in facsimile bound in order. . Contemporary binding lacks back strip First atlas volume of two only <br/> <br/> hardcover
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press JHUP 1995. 1st ed. Hardback octavo dustjacket very good condition in very good dustjacket tables figures including frontispiece top edge foxed owner's sticker protected by removable archival plastic sleeve. 366 pp. A classic French text here in English translation that traces the development of the science of the study of fishes ichthyology. He also outlines a criteria for classification of fishes. Taken from the first volume of his 22-volume Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12953 ISBN : 0801849144 9780801849145
Paris.: Fortin Masson. circa 1840. 25 loose lithograph plates with caption sheets in the publishers printed card stock slipcase. Very good a little wear to slipcase. 28.5x18.5 cm. Plates are numbered 1-25 but lacking number 19 however 11a and 11b are included for a total of 25 plates as called for on the label. Scarce. weight: 1.0 lb. 25 black and white lithograph plates with captions on facing Fortin Masson. unknown
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